Each EU Member State is required to establish a Product Contact Point. Through information on national rules and remedies, the Contact Points help reduce the risk that a product is unlawfully denied access to a market of another EU Member State.

Some items, goods and technologies may be potentially dangerous. This is the case if, for instance, they can be used for the production of weapons of mass destruction, i.a. chemical weapons or nuclear weapons.

Whenever the Danish Armed Forces procure new defence equipment, the Danish Business Authority may oblige foreign suppliers to collaborate with Danish companies in the area of defence, in order to secure Denmark’s essential security interests. This is called industrial co-operation.

The five Nordic countries – Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Finland – cooperate with one another to improve and coordinate matters of business and energy policy. The collaboration of the Nordic countries is divided into two pillars: the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers.